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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (4910)	5/16/2000 2:24:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

Tero, << PTEL isn't much of anything on its own >> That was my thought despite the credible job they have done building out. Seem like a logical acquisition for VSTR, but then again they have for some time. << Voicestream probably will become a target for Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, DoCoMo or Hutchison >> Agreed. Alternatively Bell South, perhaps SBC but I think there is a lot of overlap there. Their is a brand new 10Q filing (05/15/2000) for VSTR at: moneycentral.msn.com I've just done a quick scan but one event that had slipped by me was this: On February 28, 2000, VoiceStream completed the purchase of 9,590,000 newly issued Class A shares of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. ("Microcell"), a Canadian GSM operator for approximately $275 million. The per share transaction price was equal to the closing market price of Microcell's publicly traded Class B Non-Voting shares on the Nasdaq National Market System on January 6, 2000. The Class A shares constitute approximately 15% of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Microcell. Class A shares are non-voting but are convertible at any time into common shares, which are voting (subject to Canadian foreign ownership restrictions). If fully converted, these common shares would represent a 22.6% voting interest in Microcell. - Eric -